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INDEX OF FANTASY TITLES A-D
The Ratings:
 —Terrible |
 —Disappointingly Poor |
| — |
—Fair But Not Great |
| —Very Good |
—A Masterpiece |
| Title | Rating | Stars | ||
| A | ||||
| The Acid House | Paul McGuigan 1998 |
Irvine Welsh Anthology/Bizarre Transformations | ½ |
Ewen Bremner, Jemma Redgrave, Martin Clunes |
| The Addams Family | Barry Sonnenfeld 1991 |
Kinky Perverse Family | ½ |
Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston, Christina Ricci, Christopher Lloyd |
| Addams Family Reunion | Dave Payne 1998 |
Kinky Perverse Family | |
Tim Curry, Darryl Hannah |
| Addams Family Values | Barry Sonnenfeld 1993 |
Kinky Perverse Family | ½ |
Raul Julia, Anjelica Huston, Christina Ricci, Christopher Lloyd |
| The Adjustment Bureau | George Nolfi 2011 |
Philip K. Dick Adaptation/Manipulation of Fate |
|
Matt Damon, Emily Blunt |
| The Adventures of Baron Munchausen | Terry Gilliam 1989 |
World’s Greatest Liar’s Absurdist Adventures | |
John Neville, Sarah Polley, Oliver Reed, Eric Idle |
| Adventures of Captain Marvel | John English, William Witney 1941 |
Comic-Book Superhero/Serial | |
Tom Tyler, Frank Coghlan Jr |
| The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland | Gary Halvorson 1999 |
Children’s Film/Small Furry Creature’s Adventures | |
Elmo, Mandy Patinkin, Vanessa Williams |
| The Adventures of a Gnome Gnamed Gnorm (Stan Winston, 1991). Refer to Upworld. | ||||
| The Adventures of Hercules | Lewis Coates [Luigi Cozzi] 1985 |
Greek Mythological Hero | Lou Ferrigno, William Berger | |
| The Adventures of Hercules II (Luigi Cozzi, 1985). Refer to The Adventures of Hercules. | ||||
| The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad | James Algar, Clyde Geronimi & Jack Kinney 1949 |
Disney Animation Anthology | |
[Animation] |
| The Adventures of Pinocchio | Steve Barron 1996 |
Living Puppet Boy | ½ |
Martin Landau, Udo Kier, Jonathan Taylor-Thomas |
| The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle | Des McAnuff 2000 |
Characters From a Cartoon Series Enter the Real World | |
Robert De Niro, Piper Perabo, Rene Russo |
| The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D | Robert Rodriguez 2005 |
Gonzo Children’s Planetary Adventure | |
Taylor Lautner, Cayden Boyd, George Lopez |
| The Adventures of Tintin | Steven Spielberg 2011 |
Animation/Comic-Book Character | |
Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig |
| After Alice | Paul Marcus 1999 |
Clairvoyant/Serial Killer Thriller | |
Kiefer Sutherland, Henry Czerny |
| After Life | Hirokazu Kore-eda 1998 |
The Afterlife | |
|
| After.Life | Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo 2009 |
Girl Caught Between Dead and Alive |
|
Christina Ricci, Liam Neeson, Justin Long |
| L’Age d’Or | Luis Buñuel 1930 |
Surrealism | |
|
| Aladdin | Ron Clements, John Musker 1992 |
Disney Animation/Arabian Nights Adventure | |
Voices: Robin Williams, Scott Weinger |
| Aladdin and the King of Thieves | Tad Stones 1996 |
Disney Animation/Arabian Nights Adventure | ½ |
Voices: Robin Williams, Scott Weinger |
| Alakazam the Great | Osamu Tezuka, Taiji Yabushita 1961 |
Mischievous Monkey’s Adventures/Animation | |
Voices: Frankie Avalon, Jonathan Winters |
| Alice | Jan Svankmajer 1988 |
Surreal Claymation Alice in Wonderland Adaptation | |
|
| Alice | Woody Allen 1990 |
Modernised Alice in Wonderland | |
Mia Farrow, Joe Mantegna, William Hurt |
| Alice | Nick Willing 2009 |
SF Version of Alice in Wonderland |
|
Caterina Scorsone, Matt Frewer, Kathy Bates |
| Alice in Wonderland | Norman McLeod 1933 |
Alice in Wonderland Adaptation | |
Charlotte Henry, Gary Cooper, W.C. Fields |
| Alice in Wonderland | Various 1951 |
Disney Animation/Alice in Wonderland Adaptation | |
[Animation] |
| Alice in Wonderland | Nick Willing 1999 |
Alice in Wonderland TV Adaptation | |
Tina Majorino, Miranda Richardson, Martin Short |
| Alice in Wonderland | Tim Burton 2010 |
Alice in Wonderland Adaptation/Epic Adventure | |
Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter |
| Alice Through the Looking Glass | Andrea Presciani, Richard Slapczynski 1987 |
Animation/Alice in Wonderland Film | |
[Animation] |
| Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland | William Sterling 1972 |
Alice in Wonderland Adaptation | ½ |
Michael Crawford, Peter Sellers, Dudley Moore, Spike Milligan |
| All Dogs Go to Heaven | Don Bluth 1989 |
Animation/Dog Conman in the Afterlife | ½ |
Voices: Burt Reynolds, Dom de Luise |
| All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 | Paul Sabella 1996 |
Animation/Dogs Return from the Afterlife | |
Voices: Charlie Sheen, Dom de Luise, Ernest Borgnine |
| The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in “For Love or Mummy” | John Cherry, Larry Harmon 1999 |
Two Idiots vs a Mummy | |
Bronson Pinchot, Gailard Sartain |
| All Of Me | Carl Reiner 1984 |
Bodyswap Comedy | |
Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin |
| All That Jazz | Bob Fosse 1979 |
Dance Choreographer’s Self-Analysis/Angel of Death | |
Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange |
| All That Money Can Buy | William Dieterle 1941 |
Pact with The Devil | |
Walter Huston, Edward Arnold |
| Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold | Gary Nelson 1986 |
Lost City Adventure | ½ | Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone |
| Allegro Non Troppo | Bruno Bozzetto 1976 |
Fantasia Spoof/Animation | |
Maurizio Nichetti |
| Almighty Thor | Christopher Douglas-Olen Ray 2011 |
Norse God Comes to Earth |
|
Cody Deal, Richard Grieco |
| Almost an Angel | John Cornell 1990 |
Man Believes He is an Angel Comedy | |
Paul Hogan, Elias Koteas |
| Alpha and Omega | Anthony Bell, Ben Gluck 2010 |
Animation/Talking Wolves |
|
Voices: Justin Long, Hayden Panettiere, Dennis Hopper |
| Alvin and the Chipmunks | Tim Hill 2007 |
Singing Chipmunks | |
Jason Lee, David Cross |
| Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked | Mike Mitchell 2011 |
Singing Chipmunks | ½ | Jason Lee, David Cross, Jenny Slate |
| Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel | Betty Thomas 2009 |
Singing Chipmunks | |
Zachary Levi, David Cross, Jason Lee |
| Always | Steven Spielberg 1989 |
Man Becomes a Guardian Angel | |
Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, John Goodman |
| The Amazing Mr Blunden | Lionel Jeffries 1972 |
Children’s Ghost Story/Time Travel | |
Lawrence Naismith, Lynne Frederick, Diana Dors |
| An American Carol | David Zucker 2008 |
American Conservative Version of A Christmas Carol | |
Kevin Farley, Kelsey Grammer |
| American Shaolin (Lau Chung Wei, 1994). Refer to Treasure Hunt. | ||||
| An American Tail | Don Bluth 1986 |
Animation/Immigrant Talking Mice | ½ |
Voices: Dom de Luise, Madeline Kahn |
| An American Tail: Fievel Goes West | Phil Nibbelink, Simon Wells 1991 |
Animation/Talking Mice Adventures | |
Voices: Dom de Luise, John Cleese, James Stewart |
| Anastasia | Don Bluth, Gary Goldman 1997 |
Animation/Amnesiac Russian Royal | ½ |
Voices: Meg Ryan, John Cusack |
| And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird | Tony Cookson 1991 |
Children’s Father Reincarnates in a Robot Body | |
Joshua Miller, Marcia Strassman |
| The Angel Levine | Jan Kadar 1970 |
Dubious Angel | |
Harry Belafonte, Zero Mostel |
| Angel on My Shoulder | Archie Mayo 1946 |
Man Returns From Hell to Do the Devil’s Mischief | |
Paul Muni, Claude Rains |
| Angel-A | Luc Besson 2005 |
Eccentric Angel | |
Jamel Debbouze, Rie Rasmussen |
| Angels & Demons | Ron Howard 2009 |
The Da Vinci Code Sequel | |
Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor |
| Angels in America | Mike Nichols 2003 |
Surreal AIDS Drama/Angelic Visitations | |
Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Mary-Louise Parker, Patrick Wilson |
| Angels in the Outfield | Clarence Brown 1951 |
Angels Aid Baseball Team | ½ |
Paul Douglas, Janet Leigh |
| Angels in the Outfield | William Dear 1994 |
Angels Aid Baseball Team | ½ |
Joseph Gordon Levitt, Danny Glover, Tony Danza |
| Animal Farm | Joy Batchelor, John Halas 1954 |
Animation/Talking Animal Social Satire | |
[Animation] |
| Animalympics | Steven Lisberger 1979 |
Animation/Talking Animal Olympics | |
[Animation] |
| The Ant Bully | John A. Davis 2006 |
Animation/Boy Reduced to Ant Size | ½ |
Voices: Julia Roberts, Nicolas Cage |
| Antz | Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson 1998 |
Animation/Talking Insects | |
Voices: Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Sylvester Stallone |
| Apocalypto | Mel Gibson 2006 |
Mayan Culture Adventure | |
Rudy Youngblood, Raoul Trujillo |
| Apparition (Nick Willing, 1997). Refer to Photographing Fairies. | ||||
| The Appointment | Lindsay C. Vickers 1982 |
Precognitive Dream | |
Edward Woodward, Jane Merrow |
| Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie for Theaters | Matt Maiellaro, Dave Willis 2007 |
Gonzo Animation | |
[Animation] |
| Aquamarine | Elizabeth Allen 2006 |
Mermaid Teen Romantic Comedy | ½ |
Sara Paxton, Emma Roberts |
| Arabian Adventure | Kevin Connor 1979 |
Arabian Nights Adventure | |
Oliver Tobias, Christopher Lee, Mickey Rooney |
| Arabian Knight (Richard Williams, 1994). Refer to The Thief and the Cobbler. | ||||
| Arabian Nights | Pier Paolo Pasolini 1974 |
Tales of Arabian Nights | |
|
| Arabian Nights | Steve Barron 2000 |
Tales of Arabian Nights | |
Mili Avital, Dougary Scott, John Leguizamo |
| The Aristo Cats | Wolfgang Reitherman 1970 |
Disney Animation/Talking Animals | ½ |
[Animation] |
| Arrietty | Hiromasa Yonebayashi 2010 |
Anime/Miniature People Adventures |
|
[Anime] |
| Arthur and the Invisibles | Luc Besson 2006 |
Miniature Magical World | ½ |
Freddie Highmore; Voices:- Madonna, David Bowie |
| Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard | Luc Besson 2009 |
Miniature Magical World |
|
Freddie Highmore; Voices:- Lou Reed, Snoop Dogg |
| Arthur 2: On the Rocks | Bud Yorkin 1988 |
Alcoholic Millionaire Comedy/Ghost Butler | |
Dudley Moore, Liza Minelli, John Gielgud |
| Arthur Christmas | Sarah Smith 2011 |
Animation/Santa’s Son | ½ |
Voices: James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy |
| Asterix at the Olympic Games | Frederic Forrestier, Thomas Langmann 2008 |
Comic-Book Character | |
Gerard Depardieu, Clovis Cornillac, Benoit Poelvoorde |
| Asterix in Britain | Pino van Lamsweerde 1986 |
Animation/Comic-Book Character | ½ |
[Animation] |
| Asterix vs Caesar | Gaetan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi 1985 |
Animation/Comic-Book Character | |
[Animation] |
| Asterix’s Twelve Tasks (René Goscinny, Henri Gruel, Albert Uderzo & Pierre Watrin, 1976). Refer to The Twelve Tasks of Asterix. | ||||
| Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner | Zacharias Kunuk 2001 |
Inuit Legend and Culture | |
|
| L’Atlantide | Bob Swaim 1992 |
Lost City | |
Tcheky Karyo, Jean Rochefort |
| Atlantis: The Lost Empire | Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise 2001 |
Disney Animation/The Quest for Atlantis | |
Voices: Michael J. Fox, James Garner |
| B | ||||
| Babe | Chris Noonan 1995 |
Talking Animals | |
James Cromwell, Magda Szubanski |
| Babe: Pig in the City | George Miller 1998 |
Talking Animals | |
Magda Szubanski, James Cromwell |
| Babel | Gerard Pullicino 1999 |
Children’s Film/Millennial Apocalypse | |
Tcheky Karyo, Maria de Madeiros |
| Babes in Toyland | Jack Donohue 1961 |
Fairytale Adventures | |
Annette Funicello, Ray Bolger |
| The Baby of Macon | Peter Greenaway 1993 | Miraculous Child/Meta-Fiction | |
Ralph Fiennes, Julia Ormond |
| Bailey’s Mistake | Michael M. Robin 2001 |
Magical Realism | |
Linda Hamilton, Kyle Secor |
| Balto | Simon Wells 1995 |
Animation/Talking Husky Dogs | |
Voices: Kevin Bacon, Bridget Fonda |
| Bambi | David C. Hand 1942 |
Disney Animation/Talking Animals | |
[Animation] |
| Bambi II | Brian Pimental 2006 |
Disney Animation/Talking Animals | ½ |
Voices: Patrick Stewart |
| Barbarian Master (Michael E. Lemick [Michele Massimo Tarantini], 1982). Refer to The Sword of the Barbarians. | ||||
| Barbie & the Diamond Castle | Gino Nichele 2008 |
Animation/Barbie Fairytale | ½ |
Voices: Kelly Sheridan |
| Barbie as Rapunzel | Owen Hurley 2002 |
Animation/Barbie Enacts Fairytale | |
Voices: Kelly Sheridan, Anjelica Huston |
| Barbie as The Island Princess | Greg Richardson 2007 |
Animation/Barbie Fairytale | |
Voices: Kelly Sheridan, Alessandro Juliani |
| Barbie as The Princess and the Pauper | William Lau 2004 |
Animation/Barbie Fairytale | |
Voices: Kelly Sheridan, Martin Short |
| Barbie Fairytopia | Walter P. Martishius 2004 |
Animation/Land of Fairies | ½ |
Voices: Kelly Sheridan |
| Barbie Fairytopia: Magic of the Rainbow | William Lau 2007 |
Animation/Land of Fairies | |
Voices: Kelly Sheridan |
| Barbie in The Nutcracker | Owen Hurley 2001 |
Animation/Barbie Enacts Fairytale | |
Voices: Kelly Sheridan, Tim Curry |
| Barbie Mariposa | Conrad Helten 2008 |
Animation/Land of Fairies | ½ |
[Animation] |
| Barbie Mariposa and Her Butterfly Friends (Conrad Helten, 2008). Refer to Barbie Mariposa. | ||||
| Barbie of Swan Lake | Owen Hurley 2003 |
Animation/Barbie Enacts Fairytale | ½ |
Voices: Kelly Sheridan, Kelsey Grammer |
| Barbie Presents Thumbelina | Conrad Helten 2009 |
Animation/Barbie Fairytale | ½ |
[Animation] |
| The Barefoot Executive | Robert Butler 1971 |
Precognitive Chimpanzee/Disney Comedy | |
Kurt Russell, Joe Flynn, John Ritter |
| Barnyard | Steve Oedekerk 2006 |
Animation/Talking Animals | |
Voices: Sam Elliott, Courteney Cox, Danny Glover |
| Bartok the Magnificent | Don Bluth, Gary Goldman 1999 |
Talking Bat’s Adventures/Animation | |
Voices: Hank Azaria, Kelsey Grammer, Jennifer Tilly |
| Batman | Lambert Hillyer 1943 |
Comic-Book Superhero/Serial | |
Lewis Wilson, J. Carrol Naish |
| Batman | Leslie H. Martinson 1966 |
Campy Comic-Book Superhero | |
Adam West, Cesar Romero, Burgess Meredith |
| Batman | Tim Burton 1989 |
Comic-Book Superhero | |
Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger |
| Batman and Mr Freeze: SubZero | Boyd Kirkland 1997 |
Comic-Book Superhero/Animation | |
Voices: Kevin Conroy, Michael Ansara |
| Batman & Robin | Joel Schumacher 1997 |
Comic-Book Superhero | |
George Clooney, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Uma Thurman |
| Batman Begins | Christopher Nolan 2005 |
Comic-Book Superhero | |
Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Katie Holmes, Liam Neeson |
| Batman Forever | Joel Schumacher 1995 |
Comic-Book Superhero | |
Val Kilmer, Jim Carrey, Tommy Lee Jones, Nicole Kidman |
| Batman: Gotham Knight | Various 2008 |
Compilation of Batman Anime Shorts | |
Voices: Kevin Conroy, David McCallum, Gary Dourdan |
| Batman: Mask of the Phantasm | Eric Radomski, Bruce W. Timm 1993 |
Comic-Book Superhero/Animation | |
Voices: Kevin Conroy, Dana Delany, Mark Hamill |
| Batman Returns | Tim Burton 1992 |
Comic-Book Superhero | |
Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer, Danny DeVito |
| The Batman Superman Movie: World’s Finest | Toshihiko Masuda 1998 |
Comic-Book Superhero Teamup/Animation | |
Voices: Kevin Conroy, Tim Daly |
| Batman: Under the Red Hood | Brandon Vietti 2010 |
Comic-Book Superhero/Animation | ½ |
Voices: Bruce Greenwood, Jensen Ackles |
| The Batman vs. Dracula | Michael Goguen 2005 |
Comic-Book Superhero vs Vampire/Animation | |
Voices: Rino Romano, Peter Stormare |
| Batman: Year One | Sam Liu, Lauren Montgomery 2011 |
Comic-Book Superhero/Animation | ½ |
Voices: Bryan Cranston, Ben McKenzie |
| Be Kind Rewind | Michel Gondry 2008 |
Amateur Filmmakers Comedy | |
Jack Black, Mos Def |
| Beanstalk | Michael Paul Davis 1994 |
Modernised Fairy-Tale | |
Margot Kidder, Stuart Pankin |
| The Beast | Walerian Borowczyk 1975 |
Erotic Fairy-Tale | |
Lisbeth Hummel, Sirpa Lane |
| Beastly | Daniel Barnz 2011 |
High-School Version of Beauty and the Beast | ½ |
Alex Pettyfer, Vanessa Hudgens |
| The Beastmaster | Don Coscarelli 1982 |
Sword and Sorcery | |
Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts, Rip Torn |
| Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time | Sylvio Tabet 1991 |
The Beastmaster Comes to L.A. | |
Marc Singer, Wings Hauser, Kari Wuhrer |
| Beauties of the Night | Rene Clair 1952 |
Daydreamer’s Fantasies | |
Gerard Philippe, Gina Lollobrigida |
| Beauty | Ben Bolt 2004 |
Modernised Beauty and the Beast | |
Martin Clunes, Sienna Guillory |
| Beauty and the Beast | Jean Cocteau 1946 |
Fairy-Tale | |
Jean Marais, Josette Day |
| Beauty and the Beast | Edward L. Cahn 1961 |
Fairy-Tale | |
Mark Damon, Joyce Taylor |
| Beauty and the Beast | Eugene Marner 1986 |
Fairy-Tale | |
Rebecca De Mornay, John Savage |
| Beauty and the Beast | Kirk Trousdale, Gary Wise 1991 |
Disney Animation/Fairy-Tale | |
Voices: Paige O’Hara, Robby Benson, Angela Lansbury |
| Beauty and the Beast | David Lister 2009 |
Fairytale Adventure |
|
Estella Warren, Rhett Giles |
| Bedazzled | Stanley Donen 1967 |
Pact with the Devil/Black Comedy | |
Dudley Moore, Peter Cook, Raquel Welch |
| Bedazzled | Harold Ramis 2000 |
Pact with the Devil Comedy | |
Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley |
| Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Robert Stevenson 1971 |
Adventures with Good Witch/Disney Film | |
Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson |
| Bedtime Stories | Adam Shankman 2008 |
Bedtime Stories Come True Comedy | |
Adam Sandler, Keri Russell |
| Bee Movie | Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith 2007 |
Animation/Talking Bees | ½ |
Voices: Jerry Seinfield, Renee Zellweger |
| Beetlejuice | Tim Burton 1988 |
Gonzo Afterlife Comedy | ½ |
Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis |
| Being John Malkovich | Spike Jonze 1999 |
Portal Into Actor’s Head/Absurdism | |
John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, John Malkovich |
| Being There | Hal Ashby 1979 |
Complete Innocent/Satiric Fable | |
Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine |
| Believe | Robert Tinnell 2000 |
Children’s Ghost Story | |
Ricky Mabe, Elisha Cuthbert, Ben Gazzara |
| Bell Book and Candle | Richard Quine 1958 |
Witch in Love | |
James Stewart, Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon |
| Beloved | Jonathan Demme 1998 |
African-American Ghost Story | |
Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton |
| Beowulf | Graham Baker 1999 |
Epic Legend | |
Christopher Lambert, Rhona Mitra |
| Beowulf | Robert Zemeckis 2007 |
Epic Legend/Animation | ½ |
Ray Winstone, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins |
| Beowulf & Grendel | Sturla Gunnarsson 2005 |
Epic Legend | |
Gerard Butler, Stellan Skarsgård, Sarah Polley |
| Between Worlds (Fritz Lang, 1921). Refer to Destiny. | ||||
| Beverly Hills Chihuahua | Raja Gosnell 2008 |
Talking Dogs | |
Piper Perabo, Jamie Lee Curtis |
| Bewitched | Nora Ephron 2005 |
Witch in Love/TV Series Remake | |
Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell |
| Beyond the Wall (Fritz Lang, 1921). Refer to Destiny. | ||||
| Big | Penny Marshall 1988 |
Boy Wakes Up in a Man’s Body | |
Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins |
| Big and Hairy | Philip Spink 1998 |
Bigfoot Joins the School Basketball Team | |
Richard Thomas |
| Big Fish | Tim Burton 2003 |
Tall Tales | |
Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup |
| Big Man Japan | Hitoshi Matsumoto 2007 |
Giant Japanese Superhero Mockumentary |
|
Hitoshi Matsumoto |
| Big Man on Campus | Jeremy Kagan 1989 |
Modernised Hunchback of Notre Dame Comedy | |
Allen Katz, Melora Hardin |
| Big Top Pee-Wee | Randal Kleiser 1988 |
Overgrown Adolescent’s Absurdist Adventures | |
Pee-Wee Herman, Valeria Golino, Kris Kristofferson |
| Big Trouble in Little China | John Carpenter 1986 |
Martial Arts Fantasy Adventure | |
Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall |
| Bigfoot and the Hendersons (William Dear, 1987). Refer to Harry and the Hendersons. | ||||
| Biggles | John Hough 1986 |
Time Travelling WWI Flying Ace | |
Neil Dickson, Alex Hyde-White, Peter Cushing |
| Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey | Peter Hewitt 1991 |
Slackers in the Afterlife | |
Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, William Sadler |
| Billy’s Holiday | Richard Wherrett 1995 |
Man Possessed by Billie Holliday’s Spirit | |
Max Cullen, Richard Roxburgh |
| The Bird People in China | Takashi Miike 1998 |
Lost Culture | |
|
| Birth | Jonathan Glazer 2004 |
Boy Claims to be Reincarnated Husband | ½ |
Nicole Kidman, Cameron Bright |
| The Bishop’s Wife | Henry Koster 1947 |
Angelic Intervention | |
Cary Grant, David Niven |
| The Black Cauldron | Ted Berman, Richard Rich 1985 |
Disney Animation/Sword and Sorcery | |
Voices: Grant Bardsley, John Hurt, Nigel Hawthorne |
| Black Knight | Gil Junger 2001 |
Modern Man in Mediaeval Times Comedy | |
Martin Lawrence, Tom Wilkinson |
| Black Orpheus | Marcel Camus 1959 |
Modernised Greek Myth | |
|
| Black Rainbow | Mike Hodges 1989 |
Fake Medium’s Abilities Become Real | |
Rosanna Arquette, Jason Robards, Tom Hulce |
| Blackbeard’s Ghost | Robert Stevenson 1968 |
Pirate’s Ghost/Disney Comedy | |
Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette |
| Blackeyes | Dennis Potter 1989 |
Character in a Book Comes to Life | |
Gina Bellman, Michael Gough |
| Blithe Spirit | David Lean 1945 |
Ghost Drawing Room Comedy | |
Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings |
| The Blood of a Poet | Jean Cocteau 1930 |
Surrealism | ½ |
|
| The Blue Bird | Walter Lang 1940 |
Fairy-Tale | |
Shirley Temple, Gale Sondergaard |
| Blues Brothers 2000 | John Landis 1998 |
Gonzo Road Movie | |
Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman |
| The Body | Jonas McCord 2001 |
Archaeological Discovery of Christ’s Body | ½ |
Antonio Banderas, Olivia Williams, Derek Jacobi |
| Bogus | Norman Jewison 1996 |
Child’s Invisible Companion | |
Whoopi Goldberg, Gerard Depardieu, Haley Joel Osment |
| Bolt | Byron Howard, Chris Williams 2008 |
Disney Animation/Talking Animals | ½ |
Voices: John Travolta, Miley Cyrus |
| Book of Days | Harry Ambrose 2003 |
Christian Film/Book Containing the Dates of People’s Deaths | ½ |
Wil Wheaton, Richard Grieco |
| The Book of Life | Hal Hartley 1998 |
Second Coming Black Comedy | |
Martin Donovan, Thomas Jay Ryan, P.J. Harvey |
| Born of Fire | Jamil Dehlavi 1986 |
Islamic Mystical Apocalypse | |
Peter Firth, Suzan Crowley |
| The Borrowers | Peter Hewitt 1997 |
Miniature People Adventures | |
John Goodman, Jim Broadbent |
| The Bothersome Man | Jens Lien 2006 |
Afterlife Black Comedy | |
Trona Fausa Aurvaag, Petronella Barker |
| The Boy Who Could Fly | Nick Castle 1986 |
Autistic Boy’s Fantasies of Flying | ½ |
Jay Underwood, Lucy Deakins, Bonnie Bedelia |
| The Boy with Green Hair | Joseph Losey 1948 |
Green-Haired Boy/Anti-War Parable | |
Dean Stockwell, Pat O’Brien |
| Brand Upon the Brain! | Guy Maddin 2006 |
Surreal Silent Movie Melodrama | ½ |
|
| The Brave Little Toaster | Jerry Rees 1987 |
Animation/Talking Appliances | |
Voices: Deanna Oliver, Jon Lovitz |
| The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars | Robert C. Ramirez 1997 |
Animation/Talking Appliances | |
Voices: Deanna Oliver, Fyvush Finkel, DeForest Kelley |
| The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue | Robert C. Ramirez 1997 |
Animation/Talking Appliances | ½ |
Voices: Deanna Oliver, Jay Mohr, Alfre Woodard |
| Breaking the Waves | Lars von Trier 1996 |
Religion and Miracles | |
Emily Watson, Stellan Skarsgård |
| The Breakthrough | Piers Haggard 1993 |
Scientifically Exploring the Afterlife | |
Donald Sutherland, Mimi Kuzyk |
| Brenda Starr | Robert Ellis Miller 1989 |
Girl Reporter Comic-Strip Adaptation | |
Brooke Shields, Timothy Dalton |
| Brewster McCloud | Robert Altman 1971 |
Gonzo Comedy/Man Builds Wings/Angelic Intervention | |
Bud Cort, Shelley Duval, Sally Kellerman |
| The Bride with White Hair | Ronnie Yu 1993 |
Hong Kong Swordsmen Fantasy | ½ |
Leslie Cheung, Brigitte Lin |
| The Bride with White Hair 2 | David Wu 1993 |
Hong Kong Swordsmen Fantasy | |
Brigitte Lin, Sunny Chun, Leslie Cheung |
| Bridge of Dragons | Isaac Florentine 1999 |
Action Film/Atemporal Kingdom Setting | |
Dolph Lundgren, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa |
| Bridge to Terabithia | Gabor Csupo 2007 |
Magic World of Childhood Imagination | |
Josh Hutcherson, AnnaSophia Robb, Zooey Deschanel |
| Brigadoon | Vincent Minelli 1954 |
Musical/Timeslipped Village | ½ |
Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Van Johnson |
| Bringing Out the Dead | Martin Scorsese 1999 |
Urban Hell/Haunted Ambulance Driver | ½ |
Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette |
| Brother Bear | Aaron Blaise, Rob Walker 2003 |
Disney Animation/Inuit Warrior Transformed into a Bear | |
Voices: Joaquin Phoenix, Rick Moranis |
| The Brothers Grimm | Terry Gilliam 2005 |
Fairy-Tale Authors’ Adventures | |
Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Peter Stormare |
| The Brown Bunny | Vincent Gallo 2003 |
Mumblecore Deathdream | |
Vincent Gallo, Chloe Sevigny |
| Bruce Almighty | Tom Shadyac 2003 |
Man Gains Godlike Powers Comedy | |
Jim Carrey, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Aniston |
| A Bug’s Life | John Lasseter 1998 |
Pixar Animation/Talking Insects | |
Voices: Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
| Bulletproof Monk | Paul Hunter 2003 |
Martial Arts Fantasy | |
Chow Yun-Fat, Seann William Scott |
| The Butcher Boy | Neil Jordan 1997 |
Disturbed Irish Childhood | ½ |
Eamonn Owens, Stephen Rea, Brendan Gleeson |
| The Butcher, The Chef and the Swordsman | Wuershan 2010 |
Chinese Swordsmen Fantasy |
|
|
| The Butcher’s Wife | Terry Hughes 1991 |
Magical Realist Romance | ½ |
Demi Moore, Jeff Daniels |
| Butterfly & Sword | Chu Yin Ping 1993 |
Hong Kong Flying Swordsmen Fantasy | |
Tony Leung Chu Wai, Michelle Yeoh |
| The Butterfly Effect | Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber 2004 |
Alternate Timelines | ½ |
Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Eric Stoltz |
| The Butterfly Effect 2 | John R. Leonetti 2006 |
Alternate Timelines | |
Eric Lively, Erica Durance |
| B | ||||
| Cabin Boy | Adam Resnick 1994 | Idiot’s Absurdist Adventures | ½ |
Chris Elliott, Melora Walters |
| Cabin in the Sky | Vincent Minelli 1942 | Afterlife Comedy/All Black Musical | |
Eddie ‘Rochester’ Anderson, Ethel Waters, Rex Ingram |
| Camelot | Joshua Logan 1967 | Arthurian Legends Musical | |
Richard Harris, Lynn Redgrave |
| Can’t Be Heaven | Richard Friedman 1998 | Italian-American Childhood/Ghostly Saxophonist | |
Diane Ladd, Ralph Macchio, Michelle Trachtenberg |
| The Canterville Ghost | Jules Dassin 1944 | Ghost Comedy | ½ |
Charles Laughton, Robert Young |
| Captain Sindbad | Byron Haskin 1963 | Arabian Nights Adventures | |
Guy Williams, Pedro Armendariz |
| The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland | Raymond Jafelice 1987 | Animation/Cute Talking Bears | |
[Animation] |
| Care Bears Movie 2: A New Generation | Dale Schott 1986 | Animation/Cute Talking Bears | |
[Animation] |
| Careful | Guy Maddin 1992 | Kitsch Surrealism | |
Kyle McCulloch, Brent Neale, Gosia Dobrowolska |
| Carousel | Henry King 1956 | Musical/Man’s Redemption in the Afterlife | |
Shirley Jones, Gordon MacRae |
| Cars | John Lasseter 2006 | Pixar Animation/Talking Vehicles | |
Voices: Owen Wilson, Paul Newman, Larry the Cable Guy |
| Cars 2 | John Lasseter 2011 |
Pixar Animation/Talking Vehicles |
|
Voices: Larry the Cable Guy, Owen Wilson, Michael Caine |
| Cashback | Sean Ellis 2006 | Youth Can Freeze Time | ½ |
Sean Biggerstaff, Emilia Fox |
| Casper | Brad Silberling 1995 | Friendly Ghost | |
Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman |
| Casper: A Spirited Beginning | Sean McNamara 1997 | Friendly Ghost | ½ |
Steve Guttenberg, Michael McKean |
| Casper Meets Wendy | Sean McNamara 1998 | Comic-Book Characters Meet | |
Hilary Duff, Cathy Moriarty, George Hamilton |
| The Cat in the Hat | Bo Welch 2003 | Dr Seuss Adaptation | |
Mike Myers, Dakota Fanning |
| The Cat Returns | Hiroyuki Morita 2002 | Anime/Girl’s Adventure in the World of Cats | |
[Animation] |
| Cat Swallows Parakeet and Speaks | Ileana Pietrobruno 1996 | Arty Surrealism | |
|
| Cats & Dogs | Lawrence Guterman | Talking Animal Spy Capers | |
Jeff Goldblum, Voices: Tobey Maguire, Alec Baldwin |
| Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Brad Peyton 2010 | Talking Animal Spy Capers | |
Voices: James Marsden, Nick Nolte, Bette Midler |
| Catwoman | Pitof 2004 | Comic-Book Superheroine | |
Halle Berry, Sharon Stone |
| Celestial Clockwork | Fina Torres 1995 | Magical Realism | |
Ariadna Gil, Arielle Dombasle |
| Celine and Julie Go Boating | Jacques Rivette 1976 | French New Wave/Mysterious House | |
Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier |
| Chances Are | Emile Ardolino 1989 | Reincarnation Romantic Comedy | |
Robert Downey Jr, Cybill Shepherd |
| Chandu the Magician | William C. Menzies, Marcel Varnel 1932 | Mystical Superhero | ½ |
Edmund Lowe, Bela Lugosi |
| The Change-Up | David Dobkin 2011 |
Bodyswap Comedy |
|
Jason Bateman, Ryan Reynolds, Leslie Mann, Olivia Wilde |
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Tim Burton 2005 | Gonzo Children’s Film/Fantastical Candy Factory | |
Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore |
| Charlie St. Cloud | Burr Steers 2010 | Teenager Can See the Dead | |
Zac Efron, Amanda Crew |
| Charlotte’s Web | Charles A. Nichols, Iwao Takamoto 1973 | Animation/Talking Barnyard Animals | |
Voices: Henry Gibson, Debbie Reynolds |
| Charlotte’s Web | Gary Winick 2006 | Talking Barnyard Animals | |
Dakota Fanning, Julia Roberts |
| Chicken Little | 2005 ½Voices: Zach Braff, Garry Marshall, Joan Cusack |
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| Chicken Run | Peter Lord, Nick Parks 2000 | Aardman Animation/Talking Chicken Escape Movie | ½ |
Voices: Mel Gibson, Julie Sawalha |
| Un Chien Andalou | Luis Buñuel 1928 | Surrealism | |
|
| A Chinese Ghost Story | Ching Siu-Tung 1987 | Hong Kong Supernatural Fantasy/Ghost Romance | |
Leslie Cheung, Joey Wong |
| A Chinese Ghost Story II | Ching Siu-Tung 1990 | Hong Kong Supernatural Fantasy | |
Tony Leung, Joey Wong |
| A Chinese Ghost Story III | Ching Siu-Tung 1991 | Hong Kong Supernatural Fantasy/Ghost Romance | ½ |
Leslie Cheung, Joey Wong |
| Chinese Torture Chamber Story | Bosco Lam 1994 | Hong Kong Erotic Comedy | |
Yvonne Yung Hung, Lawrence Ng |
| Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | Ken Hughes 1968 | Fantastical Flying Car/Musical | |
Dick Van Dyke, Gert Frobe |
| Chocolat | Lasse Hallstrom 2000 | Magical Realism | |
Juliette Binoche, Alfred Molina, Johnny Depp |
| The Chosen One: Legend of the Raven | Lawrence Lanoff 1998 | Superheroine/White Trash Melodrama | |
Carmen Electra, Debra Xavier |
| A Christmas Carol | Edward L. Marin 1938 | Miser’s Redemption | ½ |
Reginald Owen, Leo G. Carroll |
| A Christmas Carol | David Jones 1999 | Miser’s Redemption | |
Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant |
| A Christmas Carol | Arthur Allan Seidelman 2004 | Miser’s Redemption Musical | |
Kelsey Grammer, Jennifer Love Hewitt |
| A Christmas Carol | Robert Zemeckis 2009 | Miser’s Redemption/Animation | |
Jim Carrey, Gary Oldman |
| The Christmas That Almost Wasn’t | Rosanno Brazzi 1966 | Santa Gets Evicted from the North Pole | |
Alberto Rabagliati, Rosanno Brazzi |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Alex Kirby 1989 | Epic Fantasy Adventure/Magical Otherworld | ½ |
Sophie Wilcox, Sophie Cook, Warwick Davis |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian | Andrew Adamson 2008 | Epic Fantasy Adventure/Magical Otherworld | |
Ben Barnes, Georgie Henley, Anna Popplewell |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, & the Wardrobe | Marilyn Fox 1988 | Epic Fantasy Adventure/Magical Otherworld | ½ |
Sophie Wilcox, Sophie Cook, Barbara Kellerman |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Andrew Adamson 2005 | Epic Fantasy Adventure/Magical Otherworld | |
Tilda Swinton, James McAvoy |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair | Alex Kirby 1990 | Epic Fantasy Adventure/Magical Otherworld | ½ |
Tom Baker, Barbara Kellerman |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | Alex Kirby 1989 | Epic Fantasy Adventure/Magical Otherworld | ½ |
Sophie Wilcox, Samuel West, Warwick Davis |
| The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | Michael Apted 2010 |
Epic Fantasy Adventure/Magical Otherworld |
|
Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Ben Barnes |
| Cinderella | Various 1950 | Disney Animation/Fairy-Tale | |
[Animation] |
| Cinderella III: A Twist in Time | Frank Nissen 2007 | Disney Animation Sequel | ½ |
[Animation] |
| Cinderella – Italian Style (Francesco Rosi, 1967). Refer to More Than a Miracle. | ||||
| A Cinderella Story | Mark Rosman 2004 | Modernised Cinderella | ½ |
Hilary Duff, Chad Michael Murray |
| Cinderfella | Frank Tashlin 1960 | Sex-Reversed Cinderella | |
Jerry Lewis, Ed Wynn |
| Circle of Iron (Richard Moore, 1978). Refer to The Silent Flute. | ||||
| City of Angels | Brad Silberling 1998 | Angel Romance | |
Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan |
| City of Pirates | Raul Ruiz 1983 | Surrealism | ½ | |
| Clash of the Titans | Desmond Davis 1981 | Greek Mythology Adventure | |
Harry Hamlin, Laurence Olivier, Burgess Meredith |
| Clash of the Titans | Louis Leterrier 2010 | Greek Mythology Adventure | |
Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes |
| Click | Frank Coraci 2006 | Remote Control to Life Comedy | |
Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale |
| Cloak and Dagger | Richard Franklin 1984 | Children’s Spy Caper/Invisible Companion | ½ |
Henry Thomas, Dabney Coleman |
| Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs | Phil Lord, Chris Miller 2009 | Animation/Inventor Creates Rains of Food | |
Voices: Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan |
| Cold Fever | Fridrik Thor Fridriksson 1995 | Icelandic Quest/Magical Realism | |
Nagase Masatoshi, Fisher Stevens, Lili Taylor |
| The Colour of Magic | Vadim Jean 2008 | Fantasy Comedy/Terry Pratchett Adaptation | |
David Jason, Sean Astin, Tim Curry |
| Come Drink With Me | King Hu 1966 | Hong Kong Flying Swordsmen Fantasy | ½ |
Pei-pei Ching, Yueh Hua |
| The Company of Wolves | Neil Jordan 1984 | Little Red Riding Hood with Werewolves | |
Angela Lansbury, David Warner |
| Conan the Barbarian | John Milius 1982 | Sword and Sorcery | ½ |
Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones |
| Conan the Barbarian | Marcus Nispel 2011 |
Sword and Sorcery |
|
Jason Momoa, Stephen Lang, Ron Perlman |
| Conan the Destroyer | Richard Fleischer 1984 | Sword and Sorcery | |
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones |
| A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court | Tay Garnett 1949 | Modern Man Time Travels Back to Camelot | |
Bing Crosby, Cedric Hardwicke |
| Conquest | Lucio Fulci 1983 |
Italian Sword and Sorcery |
|
George Rivero, Andrea Occhipinti, Sabrina Siani |
| Conspirators of Pleasure | Jan Svankmajer 1996 | Surreal Kinkiness | |
|
| The Convent | Manoel de Oliveira 1995 | Pacts with an Ambiguous Devil | |
John Malkovich, Catherine Deneuve |
| The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover | Peter Greenaway 1989 | Fine Dining and Brutality/Surrealism | |
Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren |
| Cool World | Ralph Bakshi 1992 | Alternate Tooniverse | ½ |
Kim Basinger, Gabriel Byrne, Brad Pitt |
| The Cooler | Wayne Kramer 2003 | Man with Very Bad Luck | |
William H. Macy, Alec Baldwin, Maria Bello |
| Coraline | Henry Selick 2009 | Stop-Motion Animation/Sinister Mirror World | |
Voices: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher |
| Corpse Bride | Tim Burton, Mike Johnson 2005 | Stop-Motion Animated Gothic | |
Voices: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter |
| The Country Bears | Peter Hastings 2002 | Talking Bear Country-and-Western Band | |
Haley Joel Osment, Christopher Walken |
| Cowards Bend the Knee, or The Blue Hands | Guy Maddin 2003 | Surreal Silent Movie Melodrama | ½ |
|
| The Craft | Andrew Fleming 1996 | Teen Witches | |
Robin Tunney, Fairuza Balk, Neve Campbell |
| Criminal Lovers | Francois Ozon 1999 | Modernised Hansel and Gretel | ½ |
Jeremie Renier, Natacha Regnier |
| The Crimson Pirate | Robert Siodmak 1952 | Pirate Swashbuckler with Anachronistic Inventions | |
Burt Lancaster, Nick Cravat |
| Crossroads | Walter Hill 1986 | Blues Music Quest/Pact With The Devil | |
Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca, Jami Gertz |
| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Ang Lee 2000 | Flying Swordsmen Fantasy | |
Chow Yun-Fat, Zhang Ziyi, Michelle Yeoh |
| The Crow | Alex Proyas 1994 | Resurrected Avenger/Graphic Novel Adaptation | |
Brandon Lee, Ernie Hudson, Bai Ling |
| The Crow: City of Angels | Tim Pope 1996 | Resurrected Avenger | |
Vincent Perez, Mia Kirshner |
| The Crow: Salvation | Bharat Nalluri 2000 | Resurrected Avenger | |
Eric Mabius, Kirsten Dunst, Fred Ward |
| The Crow: Wicked Prayer | Lance Mungia 2005 | Resurrected Avenger | |
Edward Furlong, David Boreanaz, Dennis Hopper |
| Crying Freeman | Christophe Gans 1995 | Manga Adaptation/Mysterious Assassin | ½ |
Mark Dacascos, Tcheky Karyo |
| The Curious Adventure of Mr Wonderbird (Paul Grimault, 1980). Refer to The King and the Mockingbird. | ||||
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | David Fincher 2008 | Man Ages in Reverse | |
Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton |
| Curious George | Matthew O’Callaghan 2006 | Animation/Mischievous Monkey | |
Voices: Will Ferrell, Dick Van Dyke, Drew Barrymore |
| The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb | Russell Mulcahy 2006 | Egyptian Archaeology Adventure | |
Casper Van Dien, Jonathan Hyde |
| D | ||||
| Da | Matt Clark 2005 | Autobiography of an Irish Childhood/Cranky Father’s Ghost | |
Martin Sheen, Barnard Hughes |
| The Da Vinci Code | Ron Howard 2006 | Secret History of Christianity/Historical Conspiracy | |
Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen |
| Dance with the Devil (Alex de la Iglesia, 1997). Refer to Perdita Durango. | ||||
| Danger: Diabolik | Mario Bava 1967 | Masked Super-Thief | |
John-Phillip Law, Marissa Mell, Terry-Thomas |
| Dante’s Inferno | Harry Lachman 1935 | Vision of Hell | |
Spencer Tracy, Henry B. Walthall |
| Dante’s Inferno | Sean Meredith 2007 | Vision of Hell/Puppet Show | |
Voices: Dermot Mulroney, James Cromwell |
| Darby O’Gill and the Little People | Robert Stevenson 1959 | Disney Leprechaun Film | |
Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean Connery |
| Daredevil | Mark Steven Johnson 2003 | Blind Comic-Book Superhero | |
Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell |
| Dark at Noon | Raul Ruiz 1993 | Village of Miracles/Surrealism | |
John Hurt, David Warner |
| The Dark Crystal | Jim Henson, Frank Oz 1982 | Fantastical Other World/Epic Fantasy Adventure | |
[Puppetry] |
| Dark Forces (Simon Wincer, 1980). Refer to Harlequin. | ||||
| The Dark Knight | Christopher Nolan 2008 | Comic-Book Superhero | |
Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart |
| Dark Portals: The Chronicles of Vidocq (Pitof, 2001). Refer to Vidocq. | ||||
| Darkside Blues | Nobuyasa Furukawa 1994 | Anime/Dark Future/Mysterious Stranger | |
[Animation] |
| Date Movie | Aaron Seltzer 2006 | Romance Movie Parody | |
Alyson Hannigan, Adam Campbell |
| Date with an Angel | Tom McLoughlin 1987 | Angel Romantic Comedy | ½ |
Emmanuelle Beart, Phoebe Cates |
| Dating the Enemy | Megan Simpson Huberman 1996 | Gender Exchange Comedy | ½ |
Guy Pearce, Claudia Karvan |
| Day of Wrath | Carl Dreyer 1943 | Witchcraft/Psychological Ambiguity | |
|
| Dead Again | Kenneth Branagh 1991 | Reincarnation Thriller | ½ |
Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Derek Jacobi |
| Dead or Alive 2 – Birds | Takashi Miike 2000 | Gonzo Yakuza Film | |
Riki Takeuchi, Sho Aikawa |
| Deadly Advice | Mandie Fletcher 1994 | Advice from Ghosts of Famous Murderers/Black Comedy | |
Jane Horrocks, Imelda Staunton |
| Deal of a Lifetime | Paul Levine 1999 | Pact with the Devil Comedy | |
Kevin Pollak, Jennifer Rubin |
| Dean Spanley | Toa Fraser 2008 | Man’s Previous Life as a Dog | |
Jeremy Northam, Sam Neill, Peter O’Toole |
| Death Becomes Her | Robert Zemeckis 1992 | Youth Serum Black Comedy | |
Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, Bruce Willis |
| The Deaths of Ian Stone | Dario Piana 2007 | Reality Bender | |
Mike Vogel, Jaime Murray, Christina Cole |
| Deathtrap | Sidney Lumet 1982 | Whodunnit Parody | |
Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve |
| The Decay of Fiction | Pat O’Neill 2002 | Hotel of Ghosts | |
|
| Deconstructing Harry | Woody Allen 1997 | Writer’s Self-Analysis Comedy | ½ |
Woody Allen, Kirstie Alley, Judy Davis |
| Defending Your Life | Albert Brooks 1991 | Afterlife Comedy | ½ |
Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep |
| Defendor | Peter Stebbings 2009 | Man Believes He is a Superhero | ½ |
Woody Harrelson, Kat Dennings, Elias Koteas |
| Delirious | Tom Mankiewicz 1991 | Writer Trapped Inside a TV Soap Opera | |
John Candy, Mariel Hemingway |
| Demon Pond | Masahiro Shinoda 1979 | Haunted Pond/Japanese Legend | |
|
| Destiny | Fritz Lang 1921 | Death Incarnates Lovers Throughout History | |
Lil Dagover, Bernard Goetzke |
| Destiny Turns on the Radio | Jack Baran 1995 | Luck Incarnate/Lovers on the Run in Vegas | |
Dylan McDermott, Nancy Travis, Quentin Tarantino |
| Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame | Tsui Hark 2010 |
Historical Detective/Flying Swordsmen Fantasy | ½ |
Andy Lau, Bingbing Li, Carina Lau, Tony Leung Ka Fai |
| The Devil and Daniel Webster (William Dieterle, 1941). Refer to All That Money Can Buy. | ||||
| The Devil and Max Devlin | Steven Hilliard Stern 1981 | Pacts with the Devil/Disney Comedy | |
Bill Cosby, Elliott Gould |
| The Devil’s Advocate | Taylor Hackford 1997 | The Devil is a Lawyer | ½ |
Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron |
| The Devil’s Castle (Georges Melies, 1895). Refer to The Devil’s Manor. | ||||
| The Devil’s Envoys | Marcel Carne 1942 | The Devil Tempts Innocent Lovers | |
Jules Berry, Alain Cuny, Arletty |
| The Devil’s Eye | Ingmar Bergman 1960 | The Devil Tempts Innocents Comedy | |
Jarl Kulle, Bibi Andersson |
| The Devil’s Manor | Georges Melies 1895 | The Devil Causes Mischief | ½ |
|
| Diabolik (Mario Bava, 1967). Refer to Danger: Diabolik. | ||||
| The Diamonds of Metro Valley | Aaron Arendt 2010 |
Gonzo Crime Film/Giant Toy Robot Amok |
|
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| Dick Tracy | William Berke 1945 | Comic-Book Detective | |
Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys |
| Dick Tracy | Warren Beatty 1990 | Comic-Book Detective | |
Warren Beatty, Madonna, Al Pacino |
| Dick Tracy, Detective (William Berke, 1945). Refer to Dick Tracy. | ||||
| Dick Tracy’s Dilemma | John Rawlins 1947 | Comic-Book Detective | |
Ralph Byrd |
| Digimon: The Movie | Mamoru Hosoda, Shigeyasu Yamauchi 2000 | Animation/Cute Cyber-Creatures | ½ |
[Animation] |
| Digital Monsters – Digimon: The Movie (Mamoru Hosoda, Shigeyasu Yamauchi, 2000). Refer to Digimon: The Movie. | ||||
| Dinosaur | Eric Leighton, Ralph Zondag 2000 | Disney Animation/Talking Dinosaurs | |
Voices: D.B. Sweeney, Julianna Margulies |
| Disaster Movie | Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer 2008 | Parodies of Various Films | Matt Lanter, Vanessa Minnillo, Kim Kardashian | |
| The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie | Luis Buñuel 1972 | Surrealism | |
Fernando Rey, Stephane Audran, Delphine Seyrig |
| The Divine Ryans | Stephen Reynolds 1999 | Family Saga/Father’s Ghost/Surreal Dreams | |
Pete Postlethwaite, Robert Joy |
| DOA: Dead or Alive | Corey Yuen 2006 | Videogame Adaptation/Combat Tournament | |
Jamie Pressly, Holly Valance, Devon Aoki, Eric Roberts |
| Doc Savage – The Man of Bronze | Michael Anderson 1975 | Pulp Superhero | |
Ron Ely, Paul Gleason |
| Doctor Dolittle | Richard Fleischer 1967 | Doctor That Can Speak to Animals/Musical | |
Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar |
| Dr Dolittle | Betty Thomas 1998 | Doctor That Can Speak to Animals | |
Eddie Murphy, Kristen Wilson, Oliver Platt |
| Dr. Dolittle 2 | Steve Carr 2001 | Doctor That Can Speak to Animals | |
Eddie Murphy, Raven-Symone |
| Dr. Dolittle 3 | Rich Thorne 2006 | Teenager That Can Speak to Animals | |
Kyla Pratt, John Amos |
| Dr Dolittle: Tail to the Chief | Craig Shapiro 2008 | Teenager That Can Speak to Animals | ½ |
Kyla Pratt, Peter Coyote |
| Doctor K | Kwak Kyung-Taek 1999 | Faith Healer Surgeon | |
|
| Dr Mabuse, The Gambler | Fritz Lang 1922 | Mind-Controlling Criminal Mastermind | |
Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Bernhard Goetzke |
| Doctor Strange | Frank D. Paur 2007 | Marvel Comics Magician Superhero/Animation | |
[Animation] |
| Dogma | Kevin Smith 1999 | Angel War/Catholic Irreverence | ½ |
Linda Fiorentino, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Alan Rickman |
| Doman Seman | Go Shibata 2009 |
Gonzo Japanese Fantasy |
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| Domino | Tony Scott 2005 | True Life Bounty Hunter/Gonzo Biopic | |
Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke |
| Donnie Darko | Richard Kelly 2001 | Troubled Teen’s Precognitive Visions | |
Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze |
| Donovan’s Echo | Jim Cliffe 2011 |
Precognition | ½ |
Danny Glover, Bruce Greenwood |
| Don’t Look Now | Nicolas Roeg 1973 | Precognition | ½ |
Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie |
| Dorian Grey as Reflected in the Popular Press | Ulrike Ottinger 1984 | Surrealism | |
Delphine Seyrig |
| Double Dragon | James Yukich 1994 | Videogame Adaptation/Future Martial Arts | |
Mark Dacascos, Scott Wolf, Alyssa Milano |
| Doug’s 1st Movie | Maurice Joyce 1999 | Animation/Children’s TV Series Spinoff | |
[Animation] |
| Down to Earth | Alexander Hall 1947 | Greek Muse Comes Down to Earth | |
Rita Hayworth, Roland Culver |
| Down to Earth | Chris & Paul Weitz 2001 | Afterlife Mixup/Race Reversal Comedy | |
Chris Rock, Regina King |
| Dragon Tiger Gate | Wilson Yip 2006 | Hong Kong Martial Arts | |
Donny Yen, Nicholas Tse |
| Dragonball: Evolution | James Wong 2009 | Anime in Live-Action/Martial Arts Superheroes | Justin Chatwin, Emmy Rossum, Chow Yun-Fat | |
| Dragonfly | Tom Shadyac 2002 | Haunting | |
Kevin Costner, Kathy Bates |
| DragonHeart | Rob Cohen 1996 | Rogue and Dragon | |
Dennis Quaid, Sean Connery |
| DragonHeart: A New Beginning | Doug Lefler 2000 | Dragon | |
Chris Masterson, Robby Benson |
| Dragonslayer | Matthew Robbins 1981 | Sorcerer’s Apprentice vs Dragon | |
Peter MacNichol, Ralph Richardson |
| Dragonworld | Ted Nicolaou 1994 | Children’s Dragon Film | |
John Woodvine, Andrew Keir |
| Dream One | Arnaud Selignac 1984 | Adventures in Dreamland/Characters from Fiction | |
Jason Connery, Harvey Keitel, Mathilda May |
| Dreamchild | Gavin Millar 1985 | Real-Life Alice in Wonderland Reminisces | |
Coral Browne, Peter Gallagher, Ian Holm |
| Dreamkeeper | Steve Barron 2003 | American Indian Myths and Legends | ½ |
Eddie Spears, August Schellenberg |
| Dreams | Akira Kurosawa 1990 | Japanese Fantasy Anthology | |
Akira Terao, Martin Scorsese |
| Drop Dead Fred | Ate de Jong 1991 | Anarchic Invisible Playmate | |
Phoebe Cates, Rik Mayall |
| Dudes | Penelope Spheeris 1987 | Punk Road Movie/Modern Western/Ghost Cowboy | ½ |
Jon Cryer, Daniel Roebuck, Catherine Mary Stewart |
| Dudley Do-Right | Hugh Wilson 1999 | Cartoon in Live-Action | |
Brendan Fraser, Alfred Molina, Sarah Jessica Parker |
| Duel to the Death | Ching Siu-Tung 1983 | Hong Kong Martial Arts Fantasy | ½ |
Damian Lau |
| Dumbo | Ben Sharpsteen 1941 | Disney Animation/Flying Elephant | |
[Animation] |
| The Dungeonmaster | Various 1984 | Warrior’s Virtual Quest/Anthology | |
Jeffrey Byron, Richard Moll |
| Dungeons & Dragons | Courtney Solomon 2000 | Sword and Sorcery | |
Justin Whalin, Marlon Wayans, Jeremy Irons |